Improvement in calendars



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK W. BRYAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO` HIMSELF, S. BOWLES, B. F. BOWLES, AND J. F. TAPLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CALENDARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 62,3 l 3, daimruwlwdated December 11, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARK W. BRYAN, of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a cross-section, and Fig 3 a rear view, of my improved calendar.

This invention consists in arranging together' sheets of paper, each having printedon it the days of the month, the days ofthe week, &c., as in an ordinary monthly calendar, and in so attaching these sheets that they may be easily torn oftl from the remainder of the calendar, as I will more fully describe. These sheets a a, &c., each having one of the dii'erent months printed on it, are attached together by being surrounded at the top by the case A. The front part B of this case is made of stili' card-board, having a sharp edge, so that the sheets may be torn quickly and evenly by being pulled against this edge.

By means of this arrangement I am able to print the names of the days, figures, &c.,`quite large, so that they may be seen at adistance, while at the same time the calendar is in a compact form, and, when one month is passed,

by simply tearing off the sheet, another is exposed to view. Un the faces of these sheets, where not covered by the letters, &c., business-cards and other matter may be printed,`

tearing ofi' theA sheets, substantially as set` forth. y

2. Incombination with the above, the `attachment of the counting-house calendar upon the back of the last leaf, substantially as described.

Witnesses: t

J. B. GARDINER, EDWARD El, HYDE.

CLARK w. BRYAN. 

